We have a new snack for you – golden crispy pasta chips served with creamy sauce for dipping is great party snack! Deep fry in oil or use air fryer to make crispy snack using pasta. With right spices and seasonings added to it, it makes a perfect appetizer.
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Fried pasta may sound little strange to some, some might even call me crazy to try something like fried bow tie pasta , but you’ll never know how amazing this fried pasta is until you try. These are totally amazing!
Ingredients needed
Here’s what you need-
- 1 lb bowtie pasta or any pasta of your choice
- Olive oil for deep frying (check below for air fryer method)
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1 ½ teaspoon red chili powder or cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- Salt to taste
How to make crispy pasta chips (deep fried method)
- Note – you can use fresh cooked pasta or left over pasta to make this chips. I prefer bow tie (farfalle) pasta to make chips as it looks very pretty and also crisp evenly when deep fried.
- Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add generous amount of salt and 2 teaspoon olive oil to boiling water. Add pasta to boiling water, cook it very al-dente.
- Drain pasta from boiling water. Immediately spread it on couple of kitchen paper towel to dry it out. IMPORTANT : Make sure to dry the cooked pasta real good. If pasta is dry, water in pasta will cause spattering of the oil when deep fried.
- Olive oil was used to fry pasta in this recipe. Olive Pomace oil, extra virgin olive oil or vegetable oil should work.
- Heat up oil in deep pan. Once oil is hot, deep-fry the pasta, till they turn golden brown in color.
- While pasta is frying, make the seasoning. In a small bowl combine salt, ground pepper, cayenne, garlic powder and little Parmesan cheese on top to finish off.
- Drain pasta from oil into large bowl.
- Add seasoning to it immediately.
- Toss well and serve.
While chips made of pasta are amazing on their own, we love it with some dipping sauce. Spicy marinara sauce, cheese-y Alfredo sauce, penne vodka dipping sauce are some dipping sauce options you can use.
How to make pasta chips in air fryer
- Cook pasta of your choice very al-dente in salted boiling water.
- While pasta cooks, make the seasoning. Combine salt, ground pepper, cayenne, garlic powder and parmesan cheese.
- Drain pasta into a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil over cooked pasta.
- Add seasoning mix to pasta. Toss well.
- Air fryer at 400F for 10-12 minutes, tossing pasta in the basket a few times in between.
- Remove from the air fryer and let it cool for few minutes.
- Serve with any dipping sauce. We love spicy marinara sauce and cheesy alfredo sauce for dipping.
Expert tips to make best pasta chips
- Cook pasta very al-dente as you will cook it further while frying it in oil or in air fryer.
- Fry pasta in batches (both deep fryer and air fryer method). Do not overcrowd while frying. It can affect pasta from turning perfectly crispy.
- If you are deep frying in oil use olive oil like olive Pomace oil, extra virgin olive oil. Vegetable oil like canola oil or sunflower oil will work too.
- Change up the seasoning according to your taste. Add any extra spices that you like – onion powder, dry herb seasoning.
- The trick to perfectly crispy pasta chips in air fryer is to use less oil. 1 to 2 teaspoon of oil is all you need.
FAQS
You can use any type of pasta. I prefer bow tie (farfalle) pasta to make chips as it looks very pretty and also crisp evenly when deep fried. Some other popular options are – penne, rigatoni, lasagna, fusilli pasta.
If you don’t want to deep fry and don’t own a air fryer, you can bake in oven. Bake cooked, pat dried pasta in pre heated oven at 400F for 20 to 25 minutes or until crispy. Baked pasta can’t be compared to air fryer pasta chips or deep fried chips.
Fried pasta seasoned with just salt – simple but amazing.
Salt and pepper seasoning – So good!
Salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic powder – extra boost of flavors with a kick!
Salt, garlic powder, ginger powder – Asian inspired seasoning. Don’t forget to sprinkle some sesame seeds here.
Salt, pepper, mixed dry herbs – Italian seasoning. Familiar flavors with pasta that always works.
If pasta is not cooked first before frying, the texture won’t be right. You’ll end up with too crunchy chips that’s hard to bite. Always cook pasta al-dente then fry it.
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📋Crispy Pasta Chips
Ingredients
- 1 lb bowtie pasta
- Olive oil for deep frying
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1 ½ teaspoon red chili powder or cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Salt to taste
To serve-
- Marinara sauce or
- Cheesey alfredo sauce
Instructions
Deep fried method
- Note – you can use fresh cooked pasta or left over pasta to make this chips. I prefer bow tie (farfalle) pasta to make chips as it looks very pretty and also crisp evenly when deep fried.
- Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add generous amount of salt and 2 teaspoon olive oil to boiling water. Add pasta to boiling water, cook it very al-dente.
- Drain pasta from boiling water. Immediately spread it on couple of kitchen paper towel to dry it out. IMPORTANT: Make sure to dry the cooked pasta real good. If pasta is dry, water in pasta will cause spattering of the oil when deep fried.
- Olive oil was used to fry pasta in this recipe. Olive Pomace oil, extra virgin olive oil or vegetable oil should work.
- Heat up oil in deep pan. Once oil is hot, deep-fry the pasta, till they turn golden brown in color.
- While pasta is frying, make the seasoning. In a small bowl combine salt, ground pepper, cayenne, garlic powder and little Parmesan cheese on top to finish off.
- Drain pasta from oil into large bowl.
- Add seasoning to it immediately. Toss well and serve.
Air fryer method
- Cook pasta of your choice very al-dente in salted boiling water.
- While pasta cooks, make the seasoning. Combine salt, ground pepper, cayenne, garlic powder and parmesan cheese.
- Drain pasta into a bowl. Add 2 to 3 teaspoon olive oil over cooked pasta.
- Add seasoning mix to pasta. Toss well.
- Air fryer at 400F for 10-12 minutes, tossing pasta in the basket a few times in between.
- Remove from the air fryer and let it cool for few minutes.
- Serve with any dipping sauce. We love spicy marinara sauce, cheesy alfredo sauce, penne vodka dipping sauce.
Notes
- Cook pasta very al-dente as you will cook it further while frying it in oil or in air fryer.
- Test small batch of cooked (well drained) pasta in deep frying pan. If you drained really well it should work just fine, pasta will fry good.
- If you find pasta to stick together, toss cooked pasta in plain flour, and then deep fry, your pasta should crisp up beautifully.
- Fry pasta in batches (both deep fryer and air fryer method). Do not overcrowd while frying. It can affect pasta from turning perfectly crispy.
- If you are deep frying in oil use olive oil like olive Pomace oil, extra virgin olive oil. Vegetable oil like canola oil or sunflower oil will work too.
- The trick to perfectly crispy pasta chips in air fryer is to use less oil. 1 to 2 teaspoon of oil is all you need.
Ann
I love this! My family can’t get enough of this. Thank you!
Jyothi Rajesh
I’m sooo glad you and your family loved it Ann. Thank you!
Imperfect
Made these (except with rigatoni) into honey BBQ Fritos. The first time i followed a different recipe and didn’t boil them but just left them in hot water for 30 mins. It didn’t work out so well as the pasta ended up being too crunchy. This time, i boiled them according to this recipe and they are noticeably better.
Jyothi Rajesh
I’m glad you liked the recipe. Yes I have tested both with boiled pasta (cooked pasta) and uncooked pasta multiple times. I found boiled pasta gives you better and edible pasta chips 😀
Imperfect
Made these (except with rigatoni) into honey BBW Fritos. The first time i followed a different recipe and didn’t boil them but just left them in hot water for 30 mins. It didn’t work out so well as the pasta ended up being too crunchy. This time, i boiled them according to this recipe and they are noticeably better.
Kelly
Just made this off of your recipe as I had extra lasagna noodles left in the box, so I just broke them apart into different sizes. What a great idea so thanks for sharing! I also served them with a side of penne vodka dipping sauce 🙂
Jyothi Rajesh
Glad you liked this Kelly
Linda P
These look awesome, but I am curious if you could use an air fryer?
Jyothi Rajesh
Though I haven’t experimented in air fryer, I guess you could definitely fry it in air fryer.
If you do try it in air fryer, please do come back and let us know.
Grace Hallett
Tossed mine with cinnamon/sugar! Yummy.
jyothirajesh
Oh yes, yum with cinnamon and sugar! Thank you for trying the recipe
Holli
What a great sounding recipe. I could just sit and munch on these snacks every day! Thank you for sharing.
jyothirajesh
thank you Holli
April
I have tried almost everything pasta but not pasta chips! Fantastic recipe to entertain my family and friends – thank you for sharing!
jyothirajesh
Glad you liked it April, hope you try it
Marisa Franca
I’m a pasta lover any way I can get it — YUM!! And now as a tasty snack is a way to expand my pasta eating. We have fried ravioli as an appetizer but not different shapes of pasta. I know this family would go nutty over the snack. Can’t wait to make it this weekend.
jyothirajesh
Hope you like it. Thank you Marisa
Mahy Elamin
Oh my goodness! I need to try this! I am obsessed with pasta! Pasta is one of my favorite thing (its made from the same thing bread is, after all!) I’ve never heard of this before but it’s such a great idea!!
jyothirajesh
If you like pasta, you will definitely like these pasta chips 🙂
Cheese Curd In Paradise
What a cool idea! I haven’t had pasta chips before and it sounds like such a fun way to enjoy pasta! My kids would love all the different shapes!
jyothirajesh
Thank you, yes different shapes and colored pasta would be a great choice
Danielle Wolter
These look so fun!! How delicious 🙂 WHat a great idea for a snack. This is def something I want to try.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Danielle